[vlc-devel] [PATCH 06/11] playlist/directory: attach slaves to input items

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

On Monday 04 April 2016 19:15:39 Thomas Guillem wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 2, 2016, at 11:32, Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> > Direct comparison works for file paths, not for URIs. Ditto in the
> > existing
> > code above.
> 
> I see 2 solutions:
>  - Convert psz_uri to a vlc_url_t and do our cmp operations on
>  url->psz_path

The path portion of a URL is not directly comparable either, and even if it 
were, it would be insufficient to perform the comparison. As far as I know, 
you cannot compare URLs, at least not in a generic scheme-independent manner.

>  - Add a psz_filepath in input_item_t. Directory demuxers will be able
>  to set a path and an uri.

Not all URI scheme have a file path.  And I fail to see how that enables 
comparisons anyway.

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